SAN JOSE, Calif. â Nearly eight months after Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Big Basin Redwoods State Park to tour the damage after a major wildfire, green sprouts are coming back on the blackened trunks of the parkâs ancient redwoods. But not much else has changed on the charred landscape.
Hazardous trees pose a risk. The wreckage of burned buildings and vehicles from the Aug. 19 wildfire still hasnât been cleared. State officials havenât completed a damage estimate of how much it will cost to rebuild. And the process for holding public meetings to construct new facilities at Big Basin â Californiaâs oldest state park, whose soaring redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains attracted 1 million visitors a year â hasnât yet begun.